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Richard Ellison

Richard Mark Ellison

Born: 21 September 1959, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent
Major Teams: Kent, Tasmania, England.
Known As: Richard Ellison
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium Fast


Test Debut: England v West Indies at The Oval, 5th Test, 1984
Last Test:
England v India at Lord's, 1st Test, 1986

ODI Debut:
England v India at Pune, 1st ODI, 1984/85
Last ODI:
England v New Zealand at Leeds, Texaco Trophy, 1986

Tasmania First-Class Career Span: 1986-87
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1986

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   11   16   1   202   41   13.46  28.13   0   0    2   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             377.2   90  1048   35  29.94  6-77    3   1  64.6  2.77

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   14   12   4    86   24   10.75  78.18   0   0    2   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             116      9   510   12  42.50  3-42    0   0  58.0  4.39

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1981 - 1993)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  207  284  72  5046  108   23.80   1  21   86   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            5007.4 1212 13773  475  28.99  7-33   18   2  63.2  2.75

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (career: 1981 - 1992)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  175  136  56  1967   84   24.58   0   4   27   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling            1320    5320  188  28.29  4-19    6   0  42.1  4.03

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Profile:

Richard Ellison made his county debut for Kent in 1981, winning his cap in 1983. A large, strong man, he was a right-arm, medium-fast swing bowler, and a left handed, hard-hitting, lower-order batsman. He came to the attention of the national selectors with a maiden first-class century (the only one he was to score) in 1984, and made his Test debut in the Final Test of the 'blackwash' series against West Indies that summer. He performed well, batting bravely and taking 5-94 in the match. He played in the subsequent one-off Test against Sri Lanka, and although he failed to shine with the ball, a valuable innings of 41 (it remained his Test best) assured him of a place in the touring party to India. His style wasn't really suited to the subcontinent pitches, although his 4-66 in the first innings in Delhi was instrumental in England winning that Test.

Ellison's finest moments came in the Ashes series of 1985. In a golden summer of English batting, his bowling proved to be the key ingredient in forcing victory. Achieving greater pace, and as a consequence swinging the ball later, he proved menacing in the overcast conditions at Edgbaston in the Fourth Test, taking 6-77 (including a spell of 4-15 to sweep away the Australian middle order) in the first innings. He took a further 4-27 in the second innings as England raced against the conditions to take the game by an innings.

In the following Test, at The Oval, Ellison captured seven more Australian scalps, including 5-46 in the second innings as England wrapped up the series 3-1. He was one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year for 1986.

Another five-wicket haul (5-78) was to follow in the next Test, the first of the series against the West Indies in Jamaica. However, a succession of injuries robbed him of the pace and late swing that made him such a difficult proposition. He eventually left the first-class game in 1993 with less than 500 wickets. With long, curly hair and a thick moustache, he resembled a cross between a late 1970s Kevin Keegan and an Irish Water Spaniel. His style appeared old-fashioned, particularly in contrast to the West Indian pace barrage of the 1980s, and the success of the Ashes series was never to be repeated. Indeed, his relatively brief period of success can be compared to Bob Massie's, a bowler of similar style.

Ellison played 14 One-Day Internationals, taking 12 wickets with a best of 3-42 against Pakistan in Melbourne. He also spent the 1986-87 winter playing for Tasmania. His younger brother, Charles, also represented Cambridge University as a right-arm swing bowler. Both brothers became teachers. (George Dobell, Copyright CricInfo 2001)

* Last Updated: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 07:17:00 GMT


 
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